Barton Out Of School Club

Activities: Staff plan a range of exciting activities that ignite children's curiosity.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children learn new skills and have many opportunities to use their imaginations.

Communication: Staff share relevant information with schools to promote a consistent approach in meeting children's care needs. They ensure that parents are informed when school has shared news with them about their children.

Programs and Resources: Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are very well supported.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff comment that they are very well supported by the club's leaders. They say they are very happy in their work and value the focus that leaders have on their well-being.

Safeguarding Training: Staff are excellent role models. They encourage children to talk about ways to keep themselves safe, for example, when they are online.

Play and Learning Integration: Children show much cooperation and share ideas with each other, for example, to create a model dinosaur out of blocks. Children behave very well and learn how their actions can impact on others.

Transition to Primary School: Older children are very caring towards the youngest children who attend.

Diversity Management: Staff make sure that the club is welcoming and inclusive for all.

Child Safety Management: Staff explain to children how the club's rules keep them safe. Children remember the rules without adult prompts, such as tidying up toys after they have finished playing with them.

Happiness and Settling: The club's leaders place a high priority on helping children to settle into the club. They offer flexible settling-in sessions for new children.

Nutritional Menu: Staff promote children's good health. They support parents with ideas for healthy lunchboxes.